Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Walker, Rob, 1935-
- Abstract:
- Rob Walker (1935-2016) was a Silicon Valley native and Silicon Valley educated electrical engineer who was involved with semiconductors since the 1960s at Fairchild, Intel and as a founder of LSI Logic. He also founded the Silicon Genesis oral history series. His collection contains presentation slides, reports, sales material, and other documentation from from LSI Logic Corp.; articles and papers given by him; documents from Fairchild Semiconductor; specifications from Lawrence Livermore Laboratories; and documentation from Philco Corp.
- Extent:
- 8 Linear Feet (11 boxes)
- Language:
- English
- Preferred citation:
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Rob Walker papers, M0742. Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Background
- Scope and content:
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The collection contains manuals, binders of research materials, documents, and minutes of meetings from Fairchild Semiconductor; materials documenting Walker's career at LSI Logic, including correspondence, presentation slides, reports, publications put out by the Corporate Communications Department, as well as articles and papers by Rob Walker and by others; technical data from Walker's research at Lawrence Livermore Laboratories in the 1960's; technical manuals, marketing materials, and other documents accumulated during Walker's years at Philco Corp.; and an audiocassette of a 1995 interview with Walker.
- Biographical / historical:
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Walker is an ASIC (Application specific integrated circuits) consultant and founder of LSI Logic. He is also the author of SILICON DESTINY: THE STORY OF ASIC AND LSI LOGIC CORPORATIONS, CMC Publications (Milpitas, Calif.), 1993.
- Acquisition information:
- Gift of Rob Walker, 1995 (Accession 1995-030), 1998 (Accession 1998-303), 2003 (Accession 2003-269), and 2005 (Accession 2005-110)
- Arrangement:
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Arranged into five series: Series 1: Fairchild Semiconductor materials; Series 2: LSI Logic Corp. materials; Series 3: Lawrence Livermore Laboratory materials; Series 4: Philco Corp. materials; and Series 5: Audiovisual materials.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Open for research. Note that material must be requested at least 36 hours in advance of intended use. Audiovisual & born-digital materials are not available in original format, and must be reformatted to a digital use copy.
- Terms of access:
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While Special Collections is the owner of the physical and digital items, permission to examine collection materials is not an authorization to publish. These materials are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study. Any transmission or reproduction beyond that allowed by fair use requires permission from the owners of rights, heir(s) or assigns.
- Preferred citation:
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Rob Walker papers, M0742. Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
- Location of this collection:
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Department of Special Collections, Green Library557 Escondido MallStanford, CA 94305-6004, US
- Contact:
- (650) 725-1022